GMCH doctors repair heart blood vessel without surgery

GMCH’s Cardiologist performed non-surgical closure for the first time

Udaipur : A 50 year’s old woman who was diagnosed with ruptured sinus of valsalva (RSOV) in the right ventricle – a communication between aorta and right side of the heart, underwent the rare non-surgical closure of ruptured heart blood vessel at Geetanjali Medical College & Hospital by Cardiologist Dr. Ramesh Patel & team. The doctors at Geetanjali Cardiac Center have demonstrated great skill in closing the ruptured heart blood vessel hailing from Banswara district. This is the first time any hospital has performed non-surgical closure of rupture of heart blood vessel. Santudi Bai Khatri, who had been in agony on account of ruptured heart blood vessel (aorta) and severe chest pain and breathlessness had reported in emergency. Usually, most such patients require open heart surgery for the cure. The percutaneous procedure can be done only in selected cases. This is the first time such a procedure was being performed in Southern Rajasthan. The team also included Cardiologist Dr. Shalabh Agarwal & Dr. Danny Kumar.

On diagnosis & further investigations of trans echo-cardiography, she was found to be suffering from rupture of sinus valsalva. “RSOV is a rare condition where there is a weakness of cusp of the aorta and it ruptures into the other chambers of the heart, resulting in the patient developing heart failure and increased pressure in the lungs. To this emergency note, immediate intervention of Cardiologist was needed to close the ruptured vessel. After diagnosis, we resorted to non-surgical closure of the 10 x 8 mm rupture and she was discharged the very next day. The procedure lasted only 45 minutes including the team of doctors as,”said Dr. Ramesh Patel, the treating interventional cardiologist.

According to sources, the sinuses of valsalva are three small dilatations in the wall of the aorta, immediately above the attachments of each aortic cusp. Rupture of these sinuses can manifest as sudden cardiac death, congestive cardiac failure or arrhythmias. Closure of these defects if increasingly being performed by interventional cardiologists,” said Dr. Patel.